🌍 Last Week in Climate #143 - We're Launching inClimate Dating
Hey {{firstname|there}}, happy Tuesday!
📩 Here is your weekly digest of everything that happened in Climate last week.
Before we dive in, an important announcement…
💚 We’ve always believed that meaningful connections are at the heart of solving complex challenges. That’s why today, I’m excited to share the next step in our journey: inClimate Dating.
We’ve heard from so many climate professionals that it’s hard to find people who truly get it. So we thought — why not build a space where shared purpose can lead to shared connection?
It’s early days, but I’d love your thoughts. You can learn more here and get early access:
Today, we cover last week’s:
💚 Community updates,
🚀 Active funding rounds,
🇪🇺 Closed funding rounds,
🗓 Events & meetups,
📰 Climate news, and
💼 Climate jobs.
Community Updates
🖖 We’re now 17,057 members. You can find and connect with all members via the members directory.
🇪🇸 As every week, Barcelona inClimate Coffee Meetup this Thursday morning at Honest Greens below Norrsken.
🇩🇪 Next Hamburg inClimate Coffee Meetup here on Saturday.
☕️ For those who want to get more involved with the community - join one of our free weekly intro circles every Wednesday.
🌍 Make sure to join our new community space and our sub-communities.
Deal of the week
🇬🇧 Amir at Open Power is raising a Seed round.
“We are looking for investors with appetite for Agentic AI and energy solutions. Whether you lead or follow doesn’t matter as long as you share our vision of distributed agents coordinating to run a distributed energy system of the future.”
Investors can access all 200 active rounds, pitch decks, and contacts by becoming a community member here.
Closed Rounds
🇫🇷 GravitHy - €60M Venture
📍 Marseille, France
🏗 Decarbonization of the steel industry.
Investors: Advantage Partners, Ecolab, EIT InnoEnergy, ENGIE New Ventures, Marcegaglia, Rio Tinto, Siemens Financial Services
🇩🇪 Marvel Fusion - €50M Series B
📍 Munich, Germany
⚡️ Laser-driven fusion power plant.
Investors: Bayern Kapital, EQT Ventures, European Innovation Council, Siemens Energy, Tengelmann Ventures
🇸🇪 Hooked Foods - SEK 8.4M
📍 Stockholm, Sweden
🍴 Plant-based seafood.
🇳🇱 Grassa - €3.6M Venture
📍 Grubbenvorst, Netherlands
🍴 Extracts protein from grass.
Investors: Brightlands Venture Partners, Fransen Gerrits, OostNL
🇧🇪 ClimateCamp - €3.5M Seed
📍 Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪, Luxembourg
💡 Supply chain sustainability platform.
Investors: Expon Capital, Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (VLAIO), KBC, Luxembourg Ministry of Economy, PMV, The Birdhouse
🇮🇹 Novac - €3.5M Seed
📍 Modena, Italy
🚗 Supercapacitors for electric vehicles.
Investors: CDP Venture Capital, Eureka Venture SGR, Galaxia
🇧🇪 ARK Capture Solutions - €2.2M Pre-Seed
📍 Louvain-la-neuve, Belgium
💨 Hybrid carbon capture technology.
Investors: Aperam Ventures, Beangels, Climate Club, Invest.BW, Lune Ventures, Noshaq, Seeder Fund, WE International
🇩🇪 Differential Bio - €2M Pre-Seed
📍 Munich, Germany
🏭 Platform for bioprocess optimization.
Investors: Ananda Impact Ventures, Better Ventures, Carbon13, CDTM Venture Fund, Climate Capital, ReGen Ventures
🇪🇸 BeChained - $800k Grant
📍 Barcelona, Spain
⚡️ Enables industrial clients to control energy use in production.
Investors: Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving
🇬🇧 ARC Marine - Grant
📍 Brixham, United Kingdom
🌳 ARC Marine rehabilitates damaged marine habitats to create new reef structures.
Investors: The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership
view all closed funding rounds
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Upcoming Events
🇦🇹 AustrianStartups Summit (Apr 1)
🇪🇸 Energy Tech Summit 2025 (Apr 9)
🇺🇸 ClimateTech Connect (Apr 15)
🇺🇸 SF Climate Week (Apr 19)
🇺🇸 EarthX2025 (Apr 21)
🇪🇸 REBUILD (Apr 23)
🇨🇭 Basel Convention COP-17 (Apr 28)
🇬🇧 Innovation Zero World Congress (Apr 29)
🇵🇹 Green Hydrogen Summit Europe (Apr 29)
🇸🇬 Ecosperity Week (May 5)
🇬🇧 ClimateImpact's Flagship Summit (May 7)
🇮🇸 Ok, bye (May 12)
🇧🇷 World Circular Economy Forum (May 13)
🇺🇸 Carbon Unbound East Coast (May 20)
🇩🇪 Greentech Festival (May 20)
🇫🇷 ChangeNow (May 24)
🇸🇪 Mashup (May 27)
🇩🇪 Ecosummit Berlin (Jun 3)
🇵🇹 Lisbon Energy Summit (Jun 3)
🇫🇷 2025 UN Ocean Conference (Jun 9)
🇮🇹 Terra Tuscany (Jun 16)
🇺🇸 Innovation Zero America Congress (Jun 17)
🇸🇬 Asia Climate Forum (Jun 19)
🇬🇧 London Climate Action Week (Jun 21)
… all 2025 events on inClimate.com/events
Got any events or conferences planned for 2025 or attending an event that we should all know about?
Just add them via inClimate.com/events 👇️
Climate News
☀️ Transparent tandem solar cell hits record 12.3% efficiency.
⚡️ Growth in global energy demand surged in 2024 to almost twice its recent average.
🇸🇪 Swedish government ‘damaging’ country’s climate tech ambitions, says Stegra.
🚀 Rivian spins out a new micromobility startup called Also with $105M from Eclipse.
💸 Apple announces $99 million new clean energy fund in China.
New Climate Jobs
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Final Note
If you are still shocked by the announcement of inClimate Dating… please check your calendar. 🔎
If you’re enjoying these weekly updates, take a moment to join the platform and the community space! It’s the easiest way to connect with others across the climate ecosystem — and a place where you can share your own updates, questions, job opportunities, or funding news with the community.
Big hug from Barcelona,
P.S. Got feedback, fun ideas, or even climate-related funding news? We’d love to hear from you — just drop us a note at info@inclimate.com.